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    "id": 912802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/912802/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lang’ata, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nixon Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Generali Nixon Kiprotich Korir",
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    "content": "The Motion by Hon. Osoro is very good because members of the public at large, and not just drivers, will get knowledge on road safety. For example, most passengers being transported to whichever destination in this country trust their drivers to be right. Even when a driver overtakes at a corner, they believe he is right. With the knowledge on safety, passengers can also correct drivers and question them when they overtake at corners or where there is a continuous yellow line. These are some of the things that this Motion will help with. When we were in primary school, we used to be taught about how to pass a Motion, a Bill or how to debate in Parliament. Some of us did not anticipate that we will one day be in Parliament. It was just basic knowledge on how to pass a Bill or a Motion, support a Motion and debate in Parliament. That knowledge is now coming in handy now that we are in this House. Basic road safety, like the meaning of a continuous line, how to enter and leave a roundabout and not to change lanes in a roundabout should be basic knowledge for everyone. A kid in primary school should be able to tell if a driver is doing it well or not. I support this Motion because just as the Mover has said, we are losing many lives because of recklessness on our roads. Some pedestrians just cross the roads even when the lights are red not because they do not know the lights are red, but because they just look at the road and if there is no vehicle, they decide to cross. I remember when we were in primary school - and I do not know if they still teach that - we were taught that before you cross a road, you first look to the right, the left, the right again and then cross over the road. That is the basic knowledge that we need to inculcate in members of the public. The best place to do it is at the primary and secondary school levels. So many families are suffering and people are in hospital. Some have been maimed while others have lost their lives. Some people have been left widows or widowers because of accidents caused on our roads. Most of the accidents on our roads happen because of negligence or lack of knowledge. In order to help protect members of the public, we need to ensure that every member of the public is aware of road safety. They should know that in such a road, you are supposed to drive at 80 km per hour or if you are on a highway, you are supposed to drive at 100 kilometres per hour. They should be able to tell a driver that he or she is over-speeding even before the traffic police do so. We are aware that traffic police officers in this country do not help in terms of correcting drivers. They wait to punish. The idea should not be punishing, but preventing accidents from happening. We should not use a speed gun so that we can arrest people. We should have mechanisms to ensure we do not have drunk drivers. We should not wait for the drivers to get drunk, drive and then arrest and punish them. For example, we should ensure that alcoblows are not at the end of the journey, but at the beginning. We should ensure that most alcoblows are closer to the bars than home. You will prevent accidents from happening when alcoblows are closer to bars and not homes."
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